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Although it doesn't seem to appear in the jargon file,
thise of us who read news.admin back in the late '80s
and early '90s might remember two definitions of RFC.
Initially a Request for comments was sent out and
discussed after which it was refered to by the
term "Requirement for Conformance".
Searching Dejanews I only found two references.
One in a AmiTCP FAQ, and this snippet.
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Subject: Re: RFC = ??
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Date: 1991-11-06 14:23:04 PST
>RFC stands for 'Request For Comment'. All specs for Internet related
>activities are called RFCs. Presumably, they were initially debated, but
>today it is suggested that you read RFC as 'Requirement For Conformance'.
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I am really surprised the Jargon file, 'aka' New Hacker's Dictionary
after snarky dude published it on paper, lost this major point.
-bud
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